Germs Responsible For Urinary Tract Infections Growing Resistant To Drugs.

HealthDay  (5/4) reported, "E. coli bacteria's resistance to ciprofloxacin (Cipro), the most widely prescribed antimicrobial for urinary tract infections in the United States, increased five-fold between 2000 and 2010, according to a new study." Writing in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, the investigators observed that "nearly one-fourth of E. coli in 2010 were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (brand name Bactrim), the second most commonly prescribed drug for urinary tract infections." HealthDay mentions that "E. coli accounts for 75 percent to 95 percent of urinary tract infections, which are among the most common infections in humans."